Salix tristis Small & Medium Shrubs an eighteenth-century Philadelphia botanist and

an eighteenth-century Philadelphia botanist and Quaker schoolmaster whose name attached to this small clan of southeastern mints almost by accident

the fronds bring year-round structure and a quiet sense of permanence to the shaded garden

The arils inside are fewer and paler than a dessert pomegranate and the fruit is modest on the tongue

wet clay and standing water

Give the roots the moist to wet

Salix tristis Small & Medium Shrubs an eighteenth-century Philadelphia botanist andSalix tristis is a dwarf, gray leaved native willow and one of the most surprising members of a genus most gardeners picture standing knee deep in water. This small, tidy shrub was originally collected by Woodlanders in Jefferson County, Florida, where the plant grew in pine flatwoods on well drained, even dry, sandy sites, the opposite of the streambank home most willows keep. The soft, grayish, woolly hairy leaves and neat, low frame set the willow